Champions League specials: Five bets ahead of Bayer Leverkusen vs Barcelona

European football's premier competition returns with a bang as Goal.com looks ahead to the last 16 matches

14 Feb 2012 11:56:00

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With the Champions League knockout stages about to begin, Goal.com previews the games and analyses where the longer shot bets are in.

The favourites for the European crown and defending champions Barcelona. They will visit Bayer Leverkusen who are 200/1 outsiders after being handed a tie against Pep Guardiola's men.
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1
 Bayer Leverkusen to win 15/2
The home form of Leverkusen has been their strength in this competition so far, with a perfect three wins from three games.

2
 Bayer Leverkusen to win 2-1
 22/1
Barca may have avoided defeat on their last seven trips to Germany but Leverkusen were the last team to beat them back in 2001-02. The German side went on to appear in the final that year after beating Barca 2-1 in the group stage.

3
 Lionel Messi to score first
 5/2
The Argentine is looking to become the all time leading goal scorer in the last 16, he has 18 goals to his name already. He already has six goals to his name in this season's competition and is joint top scorer with Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez.

4
 Barca to score three or more goals
 6/4
Barcelona have scored three goals or more in each of their away games in this competition, they are 6/4 to score three or more at the BayArena and 4/1 to score four or more.

5
 Leverkusen to come from behind to win
 22/1
Leverkusen were a goal down against Chelsea in their last group game at home before two second half goals saw them claim a 2-1 win against Andres Villas-Boas' side.

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